Merge Partitions?

[21stHermit]

Is there an application that will merge 2 NTFS Partitions? Freeware, Shareware, Boxed?

In order to repair MediaDirect on a Dell lappie, I have to create a 1.4GB NTFS partition seperate from WinXP. I'm 90% certain that the MediaDirect feature resides on flash and once the repair is complete, I can recover the partition. So rather than do a complete XP install, if I could merge this partition into C: then life would be good.

Thanks
Hermit

 

[Cdeck]

partition magic will merge partitions. backup first.

 

[spherrod]

Originally posted by: Cdeck
partition magic will merge partitions. backup first.

:thumbsup:

 

[WebDude]

I'm sure partition manager will do the job. But if you want to try shareware, I suggest Gnome Partition Editor, or GParted. I just got a laptop that came with 2 fat32 partitions. I converted them to ntfs, then merged with GParted. You can download it for freee as an ISO, burn it to a CD, then boot off the CD. It worked great for me. http://gparted.sourceforge.net/index.php

 

[21stHermit]

Thanks WebDude,

I'll give that a try.

Hermit

 

[Philippine Mango]

Originally posted by: spherrod

Originally posted by: Cdeck
partition magic will merge partitions. backup first.

:thumbsup:

QFT

 

[Nothinman]

But if you want to try shareware, I suggest Gnome Partition Editor, or GParted

Just being pedantic, but GParted is not shareware by any means, it's actually free.

 

[kevinthenerd]

Originally posted by: spherrod

Originally posted by: Cdeck
partition magic will merge partitions. backup first.

:thumbsup:

:thumbsup:
but there might be a good alternative in a live Linux CD

 

[Brazen]

Originally posted by: Nothinman

But if you want to try shareware, I suggest Gnome Partition Editor, or GParted

Just being pedantic, but GParted is not shareware by any means, it's actually free.

Haha, yes your are being pedantic, but yes the correct term is "open source" or "opensource" or "OSS" or "FOSS" or "F/OSS".... I think that is all the variants. I just call it open source. Anyway, that is not the point of this post. The point is:

:thumbsup: for GParted LiveCD.

 

[Nothinman]

Haha, yes your are being pedantic, but yes the correct term is "open source" or "opensource" or "OSS" or "FOSS" or "F/OSS".... I think that is all the variants. I just call it open source. Anyway, that is not the point of this post.

Yes, but the terms 'shareware', 'freeware', etc all ring of crappy $10 Windows software from download.com so it's like nails on a chalkboard to me when someone calls free software 'freeware'.

 

[kevinthenerd]

Originally posted by: Nothinman

Haha, yes your are being pedantic, but yes the correct term is "open source" or "opensource" or "OSS" or "FOSS" or "F/OSS".... I think that is all the variants. I just call it open source. Anyway, that is not the point of this post.

Yes, but the terms 'shareware', 'freeware', etc all ring of crappy $10 Windows software from download.com

so it's like nails on a chalkboard to me when someone calls free software 'freeware'.

QFT. In comparison, "Open Source," to me, has a connotation of feature-rich, high-quality, robust software.

 

[Brazen]

Originally posted by: kevinthenerd

Originally posted by: Nothinman

Haha, yes your are being pedantic, but yes the correct term is "open source" or "opensource" or "OSS" or "FOSS" or "F/OSS".... I think that is all the variants. I just call it open source. Anyway, that is not the point of this post.

Yes, but the terms 'shareware', 'freeware', etc all ring of crappy $10 Windows software from download.com

so it's like nails on a chalkboard to me when someone calls free software 'freeware'.

QFT. In comparison, "Open Source," to me, has a connotation of feature-rich, high-quality, robust software.

That is very true. I'm too the point where, I don't see the point in purchasing much software anymore, cuz I can find an open source app that I end up liking better.

 

[Cdeck]

thx for the gparted link. i never heard of it. i got my partition magic from a motherboard cd.